throw to the winds

A form of throw to the wind — To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.

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Meanings

verbthrow to the winds (third-person singular simple present throws to the winds, present participle throwing to the winds, simple past threw to the winds, past participle thrown to the winds)

present singular third person throws to the winds · participle present throwing to the winds · past threw to the winds · participle past thrown to the winds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of throw to the wind.

    I deduce the general consequences of the future from the facts of the present; some leaves from the book of Destiny that I throw to the winds.

    2013, P.-J. Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century, →ISBN
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